STYLE: Rock RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 22515-CAS91 LABEL: Pakaderm 2501 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1
Reviewed by Dave Caughey
Halo are from Birmingham, Alabama and reputedly sound like journey. Listening to this I'm afraid the comparison is a major insult to Journey. To my ears at least, Halo are a second-rate Petra rip off. With titles such as "Jesus Music", "Lord Of All" and "Sing (Of His Glory)", the band are obviously pitching exclusively at the Christian market. The lyrics are straight to the point, or to take the cynics point of view, triumphalistic and shallow. One song which is lyrically thoughtful is "Language Barrier", but its arrangement is just too slushy to carry the point home. To add to the depression Tony Palacius, of Guardian, the nearest thing Christian music comes to a genuine guitar great, is featured on the track "Skyrocket" and doesn't even get a solo! Roll on the new Mastedon album.
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